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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1917
Page
3
Factories are inspected by pure food experts and receive high praise. Contented employees strive for perfection. Wrigley’s is described as the world's largest selling gum, aiding appetite and digestion while keeping teeth clean and breath fresh.
A collection of quips and curiosities from a periodical page. The snippets cover camp life took a turn with mentions of flies in milk and ants in sugar, a Mumbai style note on elephants used as work animals, and a humorous exchange about price and age.
An advertisement touts Cuticura for eczemas itching and burning with a hot bath and ointment. Claims quick relief and daily use benefits. Free samples by mail with Book from Cuticura Dept. Boston. Sold everywhere. Inveterate optimists buy round trip tickets when they go to war.
About 200 female textile workers were deported from Ghent by German authorities. The article notes a dramatic presence of smoke in the referenced library scene and includes a dialogue about a conspicuous volume of smoke.
An article argues farming must be treated as a business to meet high grain prices and bolster productivity. It cites C A Wright of Milo Iowa and Canadian land ventures showing strong profits, with 44 bushels per acre wheat yields and substantial net gains, urging systematic cost control and investment.
The anti-drug champion Charles B. Towns travels in China with Samuel Merwin. In a Hongkong shop window they compare striking Chinese house coats. Merwin bargains with the bewildered seller. The coats cost seven dollars and Merwin asks to use his own language.
A simple home remedy claims to remove corns and calluses from feet. Apply a few drops, then lift away with fingers, reportedly without pain.
An ad touts Freezone, a new compound discovered by a Cincinnati man. A tiny bottle sells cheaply through druggists. A few drops on a corn or callus removes soreness and loosens the affected skin to lift away the hard or soft buildup without pain or irritation. It dries instantly and shrivels the corn. If not stocked, ask your druggist to order it.
A witty exchange in which Willie asks for meaning and is told discretion does not prove cowardice in avoiding marriage. The dialogue ends with Maw instructing Willie to bathe and sleep.
The remark links effort to results by noting that hard work helps ideas become real. It suggests people speaking out accelerates progress when combined with persistent effort.
Mrs Rost of Sage Avenue Washington Park Illinois says Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills restored her health after nerves backache and female troubles. She credits the remedies with keeping her youth and vitality despite family worries and noisy children.
St Louis taxable wealth stands at 62,294,830 dollars. New York reports 800 school teachers not naturalized. Chile yields 1,800,000 tons of nitrate of soda annually. Argentine exports 5,000,000 hides wet salted and dry. Cooperstown New York plans a 250,000 dollar hospital. New York paid 20 cents a pound for granulated sugar in 1866. Japan intends to send 20,000 laborers to Brazil within four years. British allies buy 5,000,000 Argentine hides this year.
A collection of brief aphorisms on appearance, virtue, motive, faith, nature, and society. Notable lines include thoughts on vanity, enemies and friends, the role of clouds and rainbows, and the idea that a true church reflects racial ideals.
A Minnesota inventor patents an attachment letting clocks change calendar dates at midnight. Norway plans to use titan ium ore for dyes and pigments. A lamp handle converts a dry battery into a portable lantern. A sheet metal picture molding nails to walls before plastering. A German potato planter uses hollow wheels to feed tubers into spades. Hollow tile blocks resist moisture with dead air spaces. British electricians report overhead currents boost oat yields by about half.
Britain launches a campaign to promote paper rag saving. Hawaii reports harvesting 75 edible seaweeds. Women take pulpits in England as Georgia marble firms merge. Alberta plans a Belgian colony. Rome increases wine consumption. Missouri grants convicts Saturday half holidays. Hungarian gypsies flee to Spain to avoid war service.
A playful collection of lines about a clam that stays silent a garter snake’s unpopularity with women electricity briefly shocking with its spark and gas meters that may tell the truth. The note ends with a tongue in cheek line about needing a rifle to shoo a bull.
An old advertisement claims workers increase efficiency and comfort by using Allen's Foot Base powder in shoes and foot-baths to prevent friction, tiredness and blisters. It notes wide use by women and sells for 25 cents. The ad ends with two proverb-like lines about imagination and velvet.
A brief wartime style exchange shows a husband and wife debating biscuit size and fault. The terse, clipped lines imply underlying strain and shifting roles within a strained domestic scene.
Simson notes missing steplad ders and deduces it may be in the pantry. Organize Farm Help reports several Canadian municipalities acting to organize for farm help and higher agricultural production.
The London Globe notes the departure of Olga, a famed nihilist figure noted for her alluring tones and life of bomb plots. The piece highlights her dual names Olga or Vera and her influence on Russian affairs as czarism ends.
Advertises for a male of good standing with business ability to represent the association in organizing producers and selling direct to consumers. Liberal compensation offered to the right man. Address 171 Madison Avenue New York.
A man jokes about a rough day riding the subway and returning to his apartment where his wife has varnished all the chairs, leaving him no seat or rest. The humor ties urban travel fatigue to domestic chores in a light exchange.
A new facility is proposed in South Carolina to process sweet potatoes into starch. The plan outlines a factory site, production goals, and potential economic benefits for the region.
The unusual use of vaseline soaked corks offers a flexible alternative for glass replacements in various settings. This approach provides a reusable, non-glass option with practical applications and potential safety considerations.
A Kentucky child seven year old named Dewey explains to a teacher that a counterfeit dollar lacks an eagle and the phrase God bless our home. Indianapolis News notes the anecdote.
A terse cartoon caption recalls a man returning from service who borrows garden tools, prompting the narrator to question his patriotic contribution. The line satire reflects wartime loyalty and practical acts of support.
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